tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post4578408296717460080..comments2018-03-19T12:06:08.272+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Brent 'one of the worst councils for trying to force families out of London' report claimsMartin Francisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-62099466774743343902017-04-18T15:53:23.197+01:002017-04-18T15:53:23.197+01:00Surely this is something that one of Brent&#39;s S...Surely this is something that one of Brent&#39;s Scrutiny Committees (probably the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, which covers housing matters) should be looking at?<br /><br />As well as having a massive negative impact on many Brent families (EITHER they move over 100 miles away from where they live, work and their children go to school, OR they make themselves &quot;intentionally homeless&quot;, with no further help available from their local Council), this approach to homelessness brings Brent Council into disrepute.<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-16265401778103519922017-04-18T09:59:57.451+01:002017-04-18T09:59:57.451+01:00I seem to remember not so long ago at a Wembley Co...I seem to remember not so long ago at a Wembley Connects Forum Butt and McLelland, pontificating about the 11,500 new homes to be built in Wembley. Which over 50% were going to be affordable. My calculations tell me that would halve Brent Councils waiting list for Social Housing and should if it were true, close the list of all the families in Temporary housing. I write as someone who was in Temporary Housing for 20 years before being housed permanently, by Family Mosaic HA in a newly built property. My eldest son spent all his 21 years in temporary accommodation, 1st in a hostel, then 7 different properties. He moved 5 different schools too. Things have not changed one bit, although I should be grateful that they didn&#39;t suggest moving me out of the borough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-22223181788984225702017-04-17T15:07:40.243+01:002017-04-17T15:07:40.243+01:00Where to start. :(
None of this is new. Almost th...Where to start. :(<br /><br />None of this is new. Almost the first bit of casework I had was Brent forcing a parent and child out to Luton at 24 hours notice. Child was at a local school, parent had just been made redundant and the bastard who owned the flat decided to kick her out so he could double the rent. <br /><br />That pattern got repeated over and over again. If anyone saw the TV programme a few years back about Housing departments, they&#39;ll know that there&#39;s too few officers in Brent and they&#39;re under massive pressure simply to follow process and pass the buck. <br /><br />The other scandal is the total and utter failure of Butt and Co to campaign for a change in planning law and clamp downs at national levels. I have a huge amount of time for Brent&#39;s Planning Enforcement people - with any luck they&#39;ve now got the collateral of a recent test case to help them clamp down on illegal &quot;flat&quot; conversions. But, the point about those is that one landlord can be making 80,000 POUNDS A YEAR in housing benefit from one small house! Butt shouts loudly about Wembley and Quintain, why isn&#39;t he out campaigning about THAT obscenity? Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-26572356356788942802017-04-17T12:57:12.554+01:002017-04-17T12:57:12.554+01:00Labour scum.Labour scum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-24162360690074044552017-04-17T10:01:44.855+01:002017-04-17T10:01:44.855+01:00Quintain has loads of flats for private rent, righ...Quintain has loads of flats for private rent, right on the Councils doorstep in Wembley Park. Whats wrong with using them? They claim to be &quot;affordable&quot;. If it&#39;s not ethnic and economic cleansing what is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-11124064497801069642017-04-17T09:56:33.102+01:002017-04-17T09:56:33.102+01:00It&#39;s a disgrace, whilst all time time Brent Co...It&#39;s a disgrace, whilst all time time Brent Council are bragging about how many properties being built in Wembley for rent. Not available for hard-working families working in Brent, oh no that&#39;s too simple. I hope all the Councillors that sit on Housing, Regeneration, Employment and Schools committees are hanging their heads in shame, and yes we know who you are, and no we will not be voting for you come 2018. Good riddance to you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com